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Egyptian President Promotes Top Army Commanders
2013-04-17 Read More...
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi promoted top army leaders on last week and condemned what he called a campaign against the military, after a British newspaper cited a report that accused the army of torture and killing during the 2011

Egyptian Military Against Toppling Army Chief
2013-04-09 Read More...
A tension that has been building up between the Egyptian Army and the Muslim Brotherhood has reached a new level, local media reports

Egypt’s Defense Minister Warns of “State Collapse”
2013-01-30 Read More...
Struggle among political forces in Egypt could lead to the collapse of the country, Head of the Armed Forced warned on Tuesday.

Egypt’s Senate Grants Army Power of Arrests
2013-01-29 Read More...
Egypt's Senate on Monday ratified a law that would grant the Armed Forces powers of arrest, the official MENA news agency

Egyptian Air Force Orders 6 Additional C295 Aircraft
2013-01-17 Read More...
Airbus Military has received an order for six additional C295 transport aircraft from the Egyptian Air Force, bringing the Egyptian Air Force’s C295 fleet to a total of 12

Military Train Crash in Egypt Kills 19 Conscripted Youth
2013-01-15 Read More...
At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured late Tuesday when a train carrying military conscripts derailed southwest of Cairo, the Health Ministry

Egyptian Army to Have a Say in any War Declaration
2012-12-03 Read More...
Egypt's President will need to seek the opinion of the National Defense Council in addition to getting the approval of parliament to declare war, according to an article approved on Thursday by an assembly drafting the new

Egyptian President Calls for Dialogue with Political Forces
2012-11-26 Read More...
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi reiterated on Sunday the “temporary nature” of his decrees, saying he wanted dialogue with political

Egyptian Military Academy Not Favoring Islamist Students
2012-11-23 Read More...
The Egyptian Military Academy accepting a large number of Islamist students sounded the alarm that there was favoritism and that the Muslim Brotherhood was changing the enrollment

31 Complaints Filed Against Egypt’s Ex Army Chief & His Deputy
2012-09-11 Read More...
Thirty complaints have been filed against Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, former Head of Egypt’s Army, and his Deputy General Sami Anan, for suppressing last year’s popular uprising, a judicial source said

Egyptian Forces Destroyed 31 Tunnels in “Operation Sinai”
2012-09-10 Read More...
Egyptian Forces destroyed 31 tunnels connecting Sinai with the Gaza Strip during an operation to battle Islamist militants after gunmen killed 16 soldiers at a border outpost on August 5, a spokesman for the country’s Military Command announced in a

Egypt's New Defense Minister Retires 70 Army Generals
2012-09-03 Read More...
Egypt’s new Defense Minister has retired 70 Army Generals and removed other members of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) into retirement, al-Shorouk newspaper reported

Egypt to Use Aircraft & Tanks in Sinai
2012-08-22 Read More...
Egypt is preparing to use aircraft and tanks in Sinai as part of its offensive against militants in the border area, security sources told Reuters, while the Israeli Army announced it deployed an Iron Dome air defense system near the Egyptian

Egypt’s New Defense Minister Pledges Strong Ties with USA
2012-08-16 Read More...
The new Defense Minister appointed by Egypt’s Islamist President has pledged to uphold the strong military ties between Cairo and Washington, Pentagon Chief Leon Panetta

Egypt President Dismisses Field Marshal Tantawi
2012-08-14 Read More...
Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi has denied trying to marginalize the Army after he ordered the retirement of his powerful Defense Minister, saying he was acting in the interests of the

Egyptian & Indian Navies to Carry out Joint Exercises
2012-07-05 Read More...
In their first engagement after the new establishment took over in Egypt, Indian and Egyptian Navies will carry out joint exercises in

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